Flammenwefer — World War I German Flamethrowers It appears the first flamethrower of modern design was patented in Germany by Richard Fiedler in 1901. During the same year, the German army funded his continued work on flamethrower designs. Fiedler, a private citizen, designed several flamethrowers models and presented a working product to the German…
Category: Know your History
Know Your White History: Wergeld
Wergeld This thread is all about your legal options if you were to travel back in time to medieval Europe and murder someone. It’s also about measuring the decline of the extended family and the origins of English individualism. On Bertha Phillpotts’ “Kindred and Clan in Past Time”. Say as an example you traveled back…
Know Your WW2 Weapons: The German K43 Rifle, Deutschland’s DMR
GERMAN K43 RIFLE: DEUTSCHLAND’S DMR K43 is German shorthand for Karabiner 43. The same weapon was also known as the Gewehr 43. A relatively simple gas-operated design, the K43 was the German answer to our M1 Garand. However, manufacturing pressures and a suboptimal design conspired to keep the K43 from reaching its full potential….
Know Your History: The Anglo-Saxon Calendar
The Anglo-Saxon Calendar I think it’s safe to say that everybody reading this will agree that the world is becoming worse off for increased homogenisation and the differences between peoples gradually being ironed out. In an era of aeroplanes and instant telecommunications it’s perhaps not realistic to go back to a world where each…
Know Your Southern History: Why We Eat Black-Eyed Peas
Why We Eat Black-Eyed Peas Grandson (excitedly): “Wait, I think I know!: was it black-eyed peas?” Grandpa: “Yes, that’s right. Although our ancestors from those days usually called them by other names such as ‘cornfield peas’ or ‘cow peas.’” Grandson: “Why did they call them that?” Grandpa: “They called them cow peas because they fed them to their cattle and…
Never Forget What They Have Done
Know Your History: The Origin of ‘Christmas Pudding’
Christmas Pudding: Savor the Flavor of Ancient Tradition! “The earliest records of Christmas pudding can be traced back to the 14th century. Back then, Christmas pudding was actually known as a unique porridge called frumenty. Frumenty was a thick wheat porridge typically made with beef, mutton, meat broth, eggs, currants, prunes, raisins, wines, and spices. Some families…
Know Your White South African History: The Battle of Blood River (1838)
On This Day in History: The Battle of Blood River I find it fascinating that white settlers fighting off savages to try and make a better life for their families is not just a purely American story! Manifest Destiny applies to White’s Everywhere! For further reading on the subject, check out Origins of the…
Creative Historical Interpretations Are Not History
Creative Historical Interpretations Are Not History This piece goes hand in hand with my most recent essay entitled The Unappointed Gatekeepers of History.